http://www.channelnewsasia.com Latest Channel NewsAsia World News http://www.channelnewsasia.com/images_v1/top_mcnilogo.gif http://www.channelnewsasia.com 129 137 2008 MediaCorp Pte Ltd. All rights reserved. en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 GMT www.channelnewsasia.com http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1019599/1/.html WASHINGTON - A planned November hearing by the US Senate Armed Services Committee to consider ending a ban on gays serving openly in the US military will be postponed, a spokeswoman indicated Friday. AFP World Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:20:15 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1019591/1/.html TIRANA : Thousands of opposition supporters on Friday began a weekend of protests accusing Prime Minister Sali Berisha's government of electoral fraud and demanding a recount of ballots cast in June polls. AFP World Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:13:26 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1019594/1/.html SAN FRANCISCO - Student protests spread at California state universities over a big tuition hike Friday, with protesters barricading themselves inside a building at the University of California, Berkeley. AFP World Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:47:21 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1019584/1/.html WASHINGTON : President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate strove Friday to lock down support to prevail in a landmark first test vote on his top domestic priority, remaking the US health care system. AFP World Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:40:23 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1019585/1/.html COCKERMOUTH, England - A policeman died after being swept away by floods in Britain's scenic Lake District, officials said Friday, as helicopters helped evacuate hundreds of stranded residents. AFP World Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:42:25 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1019581/1/.html SANTIAGO : Chilean airports resumed normal activity on Friday, after some 2,000 airport workers launched a country-wide strike that caused flight delays, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation said. AFP World Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:18:49 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1019576/1/.html PRISTINA : Kosovo's main ruling party withdrew on Friday its threat to split from its junior coalition partner in the first such rift since Pristina proclaimed independence in 2008. AFP World Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:00:48 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1019572/1/.html TEGUCIGALPA : The Honduran de facto regime on Friday ordered citizens to turn in their weapons in a bid to avert violence around disputed presidential elections to be held at the end of the month. AFP World Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:47:58 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1019565/1/.html GENEVA - The World Health Organisation said Friday that a mutation had been found in samples of the H1N1 flu virus taken following the first two deaths from the pandemic in Norway. AFP World Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:40:50 GMT